Kill your Speed, not Your Car or You!
It seems that there is always something happening around where I live. This morning, the police had to close the road for two hours after a serious accident literally yards from my home. It is only barely two months since I wrote about a motorcyclist being hit on...
There is Enough to Go Around the World!
Last week I received two wedding invitations - it seems that a lot of my friends are getting married this year. So far I know of 4 friends getting married in 2007, in locations as exotic as India, the Bahamas - and of course London 🙂 Nowadays, with the advent of the...
Lessons from NOT Running the London Marathon
This April, I was due to finally run the London marathon. I even wrote in January about how to run your own marathon in 2007. See, I have wanted to run the London marathon for a long time and it looked like this year, on 22nd April, I was finally going to achieve one...
Walk the Talk – Don’t Eat Too Much Sugar!
I have just had my evening supper and have finally emptied my fridge of all food. My fridge has never been emptier - and my food cupboards are almost bare too. Having just written about eating well and saving the earth, I must walk the talk! So from hereon my food...
Make Time to Smell the Flowers!
It has been another beautiful Spring day here in London - and it seems like we are in for another scorching summer. At least the infamous dull weather in London has been changed thanks to global warming. So perhaps global warming is not so bad after all:-) However,...
Strive for Excellence – Tips for Asian Women and all Women
I recently had another article published in a magazine aimed at Asian women, a magazine appropriately called "Asian Woman". How about that for a highly targeted niche? Though my article was aimed at the Asian women readership, it actually applies to all women. Our...
Eat well and Save the Earth!
Last week, there was a disturbing report about how UK households are dumping a third of all the food they buy. Incredible isn’t it? In light of all the problems we face today such as global warming, scare resources, pollution, simply by cutting out our food wastage we...
How to be a Cool Dad!
Every now and then I come across a cool website which I just have to share with you. A couple of days ago, out of the blue, I heard from James Eves and he shared with me his vision of how to be a cool dad! As I have always been passionate about working with children...
Put an End to Evil Packaging
Are you concerned about the amount of excessive packaging our food comes in nowadays? I have just had lunch and it is simply amazing how much packaging our food comes in nowadays. As I already recycle as much as possible, I am wondering what else I could be doing....
Life is full of Delights if You are Open to Them!
A couple of days ago, I had lunch with some new international friends. As a gift, they brought along the most divine Turkish delight sweets, all the way from Istanbul. Those sweets have been the highlight of this week and many a week. Their subtle flavour and exotic...